Haines Brown <hai...@historicalmaterialism.info> writes: > Skype is the principle way that I communicate with my distant wife, and > so is of great personal interest. However, its acquisition by MS raises > concerns. Will advertising for MS or third parties be embedded? Will MS > mine data for my skype name or other information and sell it to a third > party? While that information is public, MS control of the Skype network > exposes it to predatory policies.
You can be certain that whatever changes MS makes to Skype, GNU/Linux will not be included in them. > I would like to see a GNU client and network service that does the same > thing as Skype, but without stings to MS. Is that possible? China has > its own TOM network, but apparently had to get permission for it. I'm hoping that when GNU Free Call is finally released we'll have a solution that works at the same level or better than Skype. > then eBay, now MS. This would seem to open the possibility of MS closing > access to non-MS users, data mining, or charging a usage fee. All very likely to happen now. Although I don't see them cutting off users of clients on Apple products. As far as the future of Skype on GNU/Linux is concerned, there isn't one. I think people need to start looking at the free alternatives that are available now rather than locking themeselves in even more with Skype. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
